Use the Species Evolution Resources linked below to learn more about evolution and help your team decide upon its species.
Each group is to choose a species and plot its evolution along a Timeglider timeline in accordance with the attached rubric.
Review the video under Timeglider Resources below if you need help getting started with creating your timeline.
Post your completed Timeline on your team's Wikipage. Be sure to include a brief introduction along with each team member's thoughts on
what the assignment has taught them about evolution
Rubric
Your project will be evaluated using the following rubric. Before you submit your project for grading, please check it against this rubric to
make sure you have adequately addressed all of the evaluation criteria.
The Tree of Life Web Project is a collection of information
about biodiversity compiled collaboratively by
hundreds of expert and amateur contributors. Its goal is
to contain a page with pictures, text, and other information
for every species and for each group of organisms, living or
extinct. Connections between Tree of Life web pages follow
phylogenetic branching patterns between groups of organisms,
so visitors can browse the hierarchy of life and learn about
phylogeny and evolution as well as the characteristics of
individual groups.
Assignment Directions
what the assignment has taught them about evolution
Rubric
Your project will be evaluated using the following rubric. Before you submit your project for grading, please check it against this rubric to
make sure you have adequately addressed all of the evaluation criteria.
TimeGlider.com
How to Set Up a Timeline in TimeGlider
How to add text, links and text to your TimeGlider Timeline
Timeline of the Pollenkeeper's Evolution
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/darwin/origin/
PBS Evolution Library
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/index.html
Human Ancestry Timeline
http://www.archaeologyinfo.com/species.htm
Tree of Live Project
http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html
A Timeline of Life's Evolution
http://exploringorigins.org/timeline.html
The Tree of Life Web Project is a collection of information
about biodiversity compiled collaboratively by
hundreds of expert and amateur contributors. Its goal is
to contain a page with pictures, text, and other information
for every species and for each group of organisms, living or
extinct. Connections between Tree of Life web pages follow
phylogenetic branching patterns between groups of organisms,
so visitors can browse the hierarchy of life and learn about
phylogeny and evolution as well as the characteristics of
individual groups.
Evolution 101
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evo_01
Play the Evolution Game
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/evolution-action.html
Online Drawing Program
SumoPaint